Point source outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni infection - Are they more common than we think and what might cause them?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-375

  Gillespie, I A ^a   O'Brien, S J ^a   Adak, G K ^a   Tam, C C ^a   Frost, J A ^c   Bolton, F J ^c   Tompkins, D S ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MILK; PASTEURIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

EID: 0038343330     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268803008409     Document Type: Article

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